| Show WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS by edward C wayne vote in senate holds key to decision on extent of U S plans to aid british auto industry adopts allouf all out schedule in drive to boost defense production EDITORS NOTE when opinions are expressed in these columns they are those hose a of the news analyst n lyst and not necessarily of this newspaper released by western newspaper union NATIONAL DEBATE americas role A state which in the epoch of race poisoning dedicates itself to cherishing its best racial elements must some day be master of the world let the adherents of our movement never forget this closing words of adolf hillers Hit lers mein kampf in the historic halls where clay and webster debated where an empire was planned by the winning of the west where woodrow wilson pledged our lives our fortunes and our sacred honor in the cause of democracy another crisis of america is being weighed in the balance congress is considering what will be the results of a policy of unrestricted strict ed help to great britain in her moment of travail with german might president roosevelt asked for unprecedented powers to deal with the situation powers which will make this nation an economic ally if not a belligerent one with the last outpost against authoritative government in europe his bill would permit him to lease or lend england without further congressional consultation sul tation all material aid in the way of munitions and supplies it is admitted generally that these supplies if they can be manufactured and arrive in time will be the only way in which britain can hold out even with them britain is given but a 50 50 chance even the inaugural ceremonies which placed mr roosevelt in office for the third term lacked the usual gaiety due to the somber effects of the hour the battle al 0 REP TINKHAM AND REP FISH they bellowed bel lowel opposition ready had begun in the house cabinet members told legisla legislators tors that a crushing blow will be started by the axis powers within 60 or 90 days As an echo came word from berlin and rome confirming this prediction opposition but there was no sign of quick agreement isolationists including representative fish R N Y and tinkham R mass bellowed their opposition the bearded massachusetts congressman shook his finger at secretaries knox stimson and and challenged them to prove that if britain falls the united states will be attacked isolationist views are that an america of people can stand alone that hitler and japan would be ready to do business on just as good terms with us as would a victorious britain that all out aid to britain will only create vast taxes and vast debt they feel the united states should mind its own business the presidents view and apparently the view of a majority in both houses is that the united states already stands warned by both japan and hitler that in an axis controlled world a democracy cannot hope to exist that if england goes down unaided she will line up with americas enemies to add to its confusion sion with combined powers of people opposing our germany would control export that would jeopardize the living power of U S cotton growers and U S wheat exporters the combined navies of a defeated england and the axis powers would exceed ours by three times and the ship building capacity would be six times that of the united states production all ail out schedule the national automobile manufacturers rs association has decided it will not hold its national show in new york this year the industry is is too busy with defense production new models will come off the assembly lines as usual but the yearly exhibits at the grand central palace wont be held and neither will exhibits elsewhere except in distributors tribu tors own show rooms strikes in n isolated sections cut somewhat into production although the department of labor said that such stoppages were only a fraction I 1 V MUM 1 lm washington D C here is the new defense poster printed in patriotic colors which will be displayed by manufacturers after they have complied avith wi th instructions in connection with preparedness through production week governors of more than a score of industrial states have proclaimed their willingness to operate cooperate co with the defense commission and the national tion al association of manufacturers by urging all manufacturers to register their facilities for defense production as compared to those during the war effort inU in one stoppage was at a t the saginaw mich plant of the eaton manufacturing company where airplane parts are being made mad e it was called by the CIO automobile workers who charged charge dr the firm refused to hire men under an agreement signed last december after another strike james F dewey federal labor mediator speeded to the scene in a hurry he said he would take drastic steps if the plant was not in operation within 24 hours the strike ended within that period in san diego calif a strike was threatened at the plant of the ryan aeronautical company state draft headquarters issued a statement that men who went on strike would be considered by draft boards to have no employment and therefore no longer exempted from the selective service act as defense workers the ruling stood less than 24 hours brig gen lewis B hershey acting federal director of the law revoked it meanwhile sidney hillman CIO vice president and assistant director of the office of production management was ill in a baltimore hospital it is mr hillmans hillmann Hill mans job to handle labor problems in the defense effort and washington was anxious over his condition and hoped for his speedy return conferences miles apart miles apart in spirit and purpose were two conferences in was washington hing met president roosevelt and wendell willkie who opposed him as the 1940 republican candidate they came together agreed in advance that all aid must be given britain to defeat germany they sought a formula to battle for that objective in germany hitler and mussolini met the place of their conferences was kept a secret except that it was in germany and all telephones out of the reich were closed down to prevent the knowledge getting about it was a subtle compliment to the british air force previously when the two axis axi partners met to discuss war plans it was at brenner pass on the border of the two countries this time mussolini went to hitler there also was a subtle difference there il II duce had started out on a war of his own took a licking on several fronts and required help to extract him from the situation which resulted TRENDS C LP president resident roosevelt is reported interested in a plan for pooling state reserves of the unemployment insurance system some states are building reserves far above needs while others have inadequate funds C surveying the municipal bond market for the pst past 12 months barcus kindred co chicago found an increase of in the volume of state and municipal financing last year compared with the year before the 1940 total was compared with the year before the rising trend was most pronounced in the closing months of the year groups are suggesting that the united states demand of great britain a statement of its coming food needs and that the administration propose a good quota of these be filled by american orders in proportion to the amount of defense materials allowed IN THE ARMY yard birds slang changes in the army as well as in civil life many veterans of the world war getting back into camp today would hardly know what some of the men were talking about for instance in 1917 a new recruit was a rookie today he is a yard bird the army is anticipating many new yard birds some of them bear names widely known in civil life others drew attention due to the methods of their arrival in the first class was daniel R topping millionaire owner of the brooklyn dodgers and husband of skater actress sonja henie he has a low draft number and was classified for immediate duty although married said topping my wife is scarcely dependent upon my income in somewhat the same situation was yehuda world famous violinist also married A california board ruled his wife the former nola nicholas of austria has an independent income and had acquired wealth through his musical genius which chic h would provide for her he asked for no exemption and received none but he was given a 90 day leave in order to complete a planned south american tour arthur victory christman 22 was a yard bird he was born at 11 a m november 11 1918 in new york A draft board in new jersey sent him to camp wendell grove 26 a baritone horn player read that the third infantry band at fort snelling needed his type of musician he tried to erl en 1 1 list and was turned down because he is married the next day he appeared at the recruiting office with a note which read 1 I her hereby by certify that I 1 have no objection to my husband entering the army for a year signed mrs wendell grove hes a yard bird now frank B thompson 45 president of the glenmore distilleries got a leave of absence and 3 at f awl WINTHROP rockefeller son of john D Rocke rockefeller leller jr r oil tycoon is pictured here as he was inducted into the army by a selective service board in new york city hes a yard bird now joined the kentucky national guard as a private although he served in the world war as a lieutenant the following day he was taken out of the ranks and made captain of the company in which he enlisted leopold conductor of the philadelphia orchestra and movie producer is a special kind of yard bird he will devote three days a week to directing the third coast artillery band at san pedro calif miscellany fl L how the army has grown brownl now there are more civilians employed by the army than there were soldiers in the entire military establishment lish ment a year ago the war department part ment announced that use of civilians in nonmilitary non military work is a definite policy and that are 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